Becoming Shiawassee: A Story About Music, Love, and Finding Your Way Home (The Rivers Family Saga)
Gunn, Mary
Synopsis "Becoming Shiawassee: A Story About Music, Love, and Finding Your Way Home (The Rivers Family Saga)"
Top 20 Amazon Bestseller in Women's New Adult & College Fiction A girl who never stops running. A boy carrying more grief than he can hold. A love that breaks... and a song that refuses to end. Shiawassee Rivers has never believed in fairy tales. How could she? Her name is a punchline, her mother is a disaster, and the father she never knew left her with nothing but an old guitar and a lifetime of questions. Every town, every apartment, every day has taught her one thing: Don't get attached. Don't stay. Don't hope. Music is the only thing Shi trusts-until Plum Hollow. Until Tyson Norwood, the beautiful, brilliant boy whose grief mirrors her own. With him, songs stop being an escape and start becoming home. For the first time, Shi imagines a life that doesn't fall apart the moment she reaches for it. Until it does. When her mother shatters the fragile world Shi built, she runs-again-leaving Plum Hollow, Tyson, and her little brother Benji behind. Detroit is supposed to be a fresh start. She's wrong. In a city full of new disappointments and old wounds, Shi loses more than she ever thought possible-including Tyson. But some people aren't meant to be left behind, and some songs simply refuse to end. Then a phone call in the middle of the night forces Shi back to the place she swore she'd never return. This time, she isn't running. She's fighting- for her brother, for her future, and for the love she never stopped wanting. Because some fairy tales don't come true. They break. But even a broken fairy tale can leave behind a soundtrack worth coming home to. Perfect for readers who love: - Emotional, music-infused contemporary romance - Small-town settings with big heart - Slow-burn first love that actually hurts - Sibling bonds, found family, and second chances - Courtroom drama with real stakes - Characters healing from trauma and learning to stay Why readers fall in love with Becoming Shiawassee: - A resilient heroine: navigating trauma, music, and the meaning of home - A beautifully broken hero: talented, grieving, unforgettable - A "broken fairy tale" romance: tender, aching, impossible to forget - A Midwest journey: from quiet Plum Hollow to the gritty reality of Detroit - A gripping legal battle: a trial that threatens to tear a family apart - A melody that binds them: a shared song that changes everything
